Italian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Capitol inaugurates a new collection of studio job that plays with the icons of history and architecture, rooted in our memory, ranging between East and West. It is an ironic but functional re-presentation of the dome of the Capitol Building in Washington DC, a historic example of American neoclassical architecture that stands on Capitol Hill. By reversing the dome and inserting a surface for the base and housing for plants, objects or to keep champagne cool...

The Herbal Wardrobe cart from SoShiro’s Ainu collection, a collaboration between award-winning artist Toru Kaizawa and Shiro Muchiri, was initially imagined with troughs designed to house an arrangement of various sized potted herb plants, to achieve a visual and aromatic effect that evokes the restorative experience of walking through an herb garden. This versatile storage unit is not only a vertical garden planter, but also can serve as a bar, or a decorative shelf unit in any room. This ceramic and beech wood cart with small locking wheels features three-tiered shelves cast and hand finished in the Veneto region of Italy, renowned for its rich heritage in ceramics. On the white porcelain is a Blakiston’s fish owl...